Hi Reinhold,
The "centering" here is achieved by simply putting the common text
into the
second stanza, which happens to be vertically centered. However, if
you have
four stanzas, there is no way to center common text vertically. I
had that
problem once with two stanzas, but have not found any solution to
it :-(
Maybe the attached (modified) snippet will help you find the answer
you're looking for?
The insertion of the two braces has been left as an exercise to the
reader... ;-)
Best wishes,
Kieren.
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%%% BEGIN SNIPPET %%%
\version "2.11.32"
leftbrace = \markup { \override #'(font-encoding . fetaBraces)
\lookup #"brace240" }
rightbrace = \markup { \rotate #180 \leftbrace }
dropLyrics = \override LyricText #'extra-offset = #'(0 . -5)
raiseLyrics = \revert LyricText #'extra-offset
skipFour = \repeat unfold 4 { \skip 8 }
lyricsA = \lyricmode { The first stanza has \dropLyrics the common
words and \raiseLyrics then they're not. }
lyricsB = \lyricmode { The second stanza shares \skipFour before they
change again. }
lyricsC = \lyricmode { In the third stanza, \skipFour notes are
really boring. }
lyricsD = \lyricmode { In the final stanza, \skipFour all the rest
stop. }
melody = \relative c' { c d e f g f e d c e d2 }
\score
{
<<
\new Voice = m \melody
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsA
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsB
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsC
\new Lyrics \lyricsto m \lyricsD
>>
}
%%% END SNIPPET %%%
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